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He's Back In Hollywood's Good Graces, But At What Cost?

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 05.12.2012

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-- Under a tent on George Clooney's basketball court, the cheers were loud and warm for President Barack Obama. "I want to thank Clooney for letting...

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'Obviously, Yesterday We Made Some News'

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.11.2012

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LOS ANGELES — President Barack Obama is telling major Hollywood donors that his decision to support same-sex marriage is a logical extension of ...

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Hollywood Embraces Obama's Same-Sex Marriage Statement

HuffingtonPost.com | Joe Satran | Posted 05.11.2012

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Hollywood executives and celebrities supported candidate Barack Obama in his rise to power. They felt betrayed by the president when he held back from...

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Obama Holding Record-Setting Event Following Big Announcement

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.11.2012

SEATTLE — President Barack Obama wasted little time casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as "backwards on equality" on Thursday, eager to transf...

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Clooney To Lend Obama A $6M Hand

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.10.2012

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George Clooney will host a 150-person, $40,000-a-head fundraiser at his home in support of President Obama's reelection campaign, ET reports. "I'm...

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PHOTOS: Politicians & The Stars Who Love Them

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.18.2012

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ATLANTA -- No presidential candidate worth his chauffeured SUV has reached his personal zenith without this: celebrities to vouch for them. They are t...

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Hollywood Still Donating To Obama, With A Twist

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 03.12.2012

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Looks like Barack Obama's star power hasn't dimmed after all. In 2008, Hollywood insiders donated $9.2 million to the presidential hopeful's campa...

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PHOTOS: Inside Obama's Private Foo Fighters Concert

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 02.17.2012

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President Barack Obama's rock 'n' roll fundraiser on Tuesday night was an appeal to Generation X Angelenos to remembering the good old days -- back wh...

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Obama Meets With Stars On West Coast Swing

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 04.17.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama is preaching an economic message aimed at the 99 percent and raising campaign cash among the 1 percent, w...

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Can the Biz of Show Biz Still Love Obama?

Ted Johnson | Posted 04.16.2012

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Among many politically engaged creatives the failure of SOPA, seen as the industry's biggest policy initiative in recent years, isn't necessarily being blamed on the Obama administration.

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Obama's Hollywood Fundraising Tanked In 2011

www.hollywoodreporter.com | Posted 04.11.2012

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According to an analysis of the latest contribution figures conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics at the request of The Hollywood Reporter, ...

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Obama Mingles With Stars At Hollywood Fundraisers

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 12.24.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Actor Will Smith and basketball standout Earvin "Magic" Johnson for dinner and Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas for post-meal...

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Is Hollywood Bailing On Obama?

The Wrap | Brent Lang | Posted 11.22.2011

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When Pres. Barack Obama rolls into L.A. next Monday, shaking his tin cup at a pair of big ticket fundraisers at the House of Blues and Fig & Olive, he...

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Hwood: You Don't Have To Make Milllions To Meet Obama This Time

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 10.31.2011

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In the second of what is sure to be a series of fundraising visits to Hollywood donors, President Barack Obama will return to Los Angeles on September...

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Obama's A-List Tour Of LA

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 06.06.2011

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Kicking off his Hollywood fundraising effort for the 2012 election, President Obama could attend as many as three moneymaking events in a 24-hour peri...

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Has Hollywood Turned On Obama?

The Atlantic Wire | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some political wonks have speculated that President Obama could raise $1 billion dollars for his 2012 campaign after raising $750 million for 2008. Bu...

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White House: Kal Penn Is Arriving Soon

Chicago Sun Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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I just read a post at TheWrap.com that questioned why actor Kal Penn was not at work yet at the White House despite news of his new job coming out on ...

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Obama Win Helps Tech, Could Hurt Hollywood

Art Brodsky | Posted 05.25.2011

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From top to bottom, the Obama/Biden plan has just about everything the tech/Internet industry could ask for. But Hollywood is at a crossroads as it decides how to leverage its usual influence within a Democratic administration.

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Obama At Hollywood Fundraiser: "This Is Not A Sitcom"

AP | TERENCE HUNT | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Barack Obama sought to put a personal stamp on his economic policies in troubled times, appearing Wednesday in a two-min...

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Obama's Hollywood Support Strong And Deep

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — For Hollywood, there's only one star left in the presidential campaign. Barack Obama's gala fundraiser Tuesday will attract the m...

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